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I TERRIBLE FIRE iN JAPAN.

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I TERRIBLE FIRE iN JAPAN. 1 YOKOHAMA, December 24 th. --A *err'An Jester occurred on the 20th inst. at A •, r„0 ^<iless belt used in the machinery « t^e mill broke and got entangled some Heels. Through the fiction thus cau^d some Vht woodwork and then a quant, tvofcot^ **ste eanirVit- fire and the flames spread m a iew f„"l diction.. The -lU —J r t?„ £ dri J°»n, and then a fearful block ^o.eon the^U !>. stopping all egress. Many of the work teople were sirls and many of them wer f^hed to death. 'So quickly did the fire spread *hat, .the walls began to collapse ^fore three forking in the lower storeys knew what • ^ppened, and a number were killed y „ "earns and bricks while seeking to escape, J. «s inK from buildfng to building, and in its course eaping over a stream, the fire raged furiously £ !e hours, and finally almost burned itself out. Jheloss of life was appalling. The .bodies of «>ghty-eight persons, mostly those of gins, were ^covered from the ruins in the course of the nay, ^nd it is believed fully 130 lives were lost. X"Q r^ 8 destroyed were the largest in Asaka.— **euter.

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